03/28/2024
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By Erin Smith

The Bladen County Board of Elections conducted its vote canvass on Friday morning. The election results for the town of Dublin remain uncertified due to a protest filed by Town Commissioner Candidate Richard Sibbet.

Bladen County Board of Elections Director Cynthia Shaw told the board there were no provisional ballots cast during the municipal election.

Shaw also told the board that write-in candidates who receive  five or less votes are reported as miscellaneous. In Tar Heel there were four write-in votes—one vote for Greg Futrell and three votes for Mike Underwood. Shaw said Tar Heel had one seat for which no candidates filed seeking election. Underwood was declared the winner with three write-in votes. Shaw said he has accepted the position.

Shaw said there were two write-in ballots in Tar Heel which were disallowed because the ballot was not properly marked.

The certified election results are as follows:

In the Bladenboro Mayor’s race, incumbent Rufus Duckworth 176 votes, Larry Simmons 126 votes, and Kenneth Kelly 32 votes.

In the Bladenboro Town Commissioners race, Rodney Hester 276 votes, incumbent Jeff Atkinson 271 votes, Greg Sykes 176 votes, incumbent Billy Ray Benson 147 votes, and write-in Donnie White 1. The top three vote getters will be seated on the board.

In the town of Clarkton Town Commissioner race, incumbent Jerome Myers 73 votes, Stephen W. Hester 63 votes, Linda Gaskin 59 votes, incumbent Tim Tart 26 votes, Jimmy Hudson 17 votes, and write-in Melody Cribb 1 vote. The top two vote getters will be seated on the board.

In the town of East Arcadia Town Commissioner race, Lillian Graham 38 votes, Pamela Graham 35 votes and write-in Craig H. Braye 1 vote. The top two vote getters will be seated.

In the race for Elizabethtown Town Council, incumbent Paula H. Greene 409 votes, incumbent Rufus D. Lloyd 374 votes, incumbent Herman Lewis 332 votes, Robert “Bobby” Kinlaw 308 votes, write-in Maurice Williams 1 vote, write-in Vickie Williams 1 vote, and write-in Bernard Robinson 1 vote. The top three vote getters will be seated.

In the race for Mayor in Tar Heel, incumbent Roy Dew received 7 votes.

In  the race for Tar Heel Town Commissioner, incumbent Sam Allen 7 votes, incumbent Angie Hall 7 votes, write-in Mike Underwood 3 votes, write-in Greg Futrell 1 vote. Allen and Hall will be joined on the board by Underwood.

In the election for White Lake Town Commissioner, incumbent Tim Blount 59 votes, incumbent Paul Evans 62 votes, incumbent Mike Suggs 56 votes, write-in Glenn Robertson 2 votes, write-in Jamie Corbett 2 votes, write-in Bill Stafford 1 vote, write-in Roger Teachey 1 vote, write-in Phillip Warwick 1 vote and write-in Tim Frush 1 vote. The top three vote getters will be seated.

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